Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Parkin, John B.


Biography
Date of Birth 1911
Date of Death 1975
Education University of Toronto
Notes John Burnett Parkin. Firm known as John B. Parkin and Associates. Founding partners were John B. Parkin, his brother Edmund Thornton Parkin and John Cresswell Parkin (no relation). Other spin-offs of the firm have differing professions and ownerships: Parkin Partnership (John C.'s former partners); Parkin Architects Engineers Planners, Parkin Engineers Limited, Toronto and Parkin Group. See the article


Address: 0 Airport Road
Type of Building: Airport Terminals
Name of Building: Terminal 1
Notes: Along with Terminal 2, will be replaced by new unified Terminal, scheduled to open in 2003.

Dates
Building completed 1964

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Aniques Collector 1965 Oct 19 10
Canadian Architect 1965 Dec? 9
Canadian Architect 1989 May 43-46 34 5
Canadian Architect 2000 Jan. 23 45 1
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1958 June 236 35 6
Toronto Star 1964 Oct. ? 30th

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Address: 1950 Bathurst Street
Type of Building: Synagogues
Name of Building: Holy Blossom Temple (Bathurst st.)

Dates
Building completed 1938

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1957 Sept 364 34 9
Toronto Star 2001 Jan. C2 Sun. 14th

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Address: 401 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Simpsons Tower
Notes: See also: 160 Yonge Street (Simpson's Department Store)

Dates
Foundation started 1964

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1978 May 14 15 5

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Address: 0 Bloor Street East
Intersection: Parliament Street
Type of Building: Bridges
Name of Building: Rosedale Valley Bridge


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1967 Nov. 9 12

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Address: 717 Church Street
Type of Building: Architects' Offices
Name of Building: John B. Parkin Associates

Dates
Building completed 1950s

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
John B. Parkin Associates : architects engineers 1950 n/a ?

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Address: 747 Don Mills Road
Type of Building: Shopping Complexes
Name of Building: Don Mills Shopping Centre


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Historic Theatres' Trust 1959 n/a unpgd
Canadian Architect 1957 Sept. 39-41 2
New Buildings in the Commonwealth 1961 n/a 80 n/a

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Address: 825 Don Mills Road
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Imperial Oil Ltd.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architectural Forum 1963 Oct. 101 114
Architecture Canada. -- 1967 July 59 46
Architecture Canada. -- 1966 Aug. 27 43
Canadian Architect 1963 Ju;y 22 8
Canadian Architect 1963 June 92 8
Canadian Architect 1962 June 96 7
Canadian Architect 1964 Dec. 41 9
Canadian Architect 1961 Dec. 9 6
Canadian Architect 1963 July 72 8
Canadian Architect 1963 March 41-46 8
Canadian Architect 1967 May 37 12
Canadian Architect 1964 Dec? 93
Canadian Architect 1967 Ju;y 69 12
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1963 Aug. 42 40

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Address: 1500 Don Mills Road
Type of Building: Architects' Offices
Name of Building: John B. Parkin Office

Dates
Demolished 1978

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1978 April 6 23 4
Canadian Architect 1980 Feb. 6 25 1
Canadian Architect 1978 May 43-46 23 5
Canadian Architect 1989 May 43-46 34 5
Canadian Architect 1957 Sept. 39-41 2
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1956 Jan 20-23 33 1
Journal of the Society for the Study 1999 Spring 16-23 24 1

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Address: 15 Donway East (The)
Type of Building: High Schools
Name of Building: Don Mills High School (Senior)
Notes: Junior High School at 17 Donway East.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Buildings and Structures 1959 n/a unpgd

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Address: 169 Donway West (The)
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Postal Office - Don Mills
Notes: Massey Award winner in 1958.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Buildings and Structures 1959 n/a unpgd

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Address: 0 Dufferin Street
Intersection: Highway 401
Type of Building: Department Stores
Name of Building: Robert Simpson Store

Dates
Building completed c1964

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1964 June 48-51

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Address: 0 Dundas Square
Type of Building: Parking Garages
Name of Building: Toronto Parking Authority


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture, Batiment, Construction 1958 May 79 13
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1959 Dec. 473 35 12
New Buildings in the Commonwealth 1961 n/a 71 n/a

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Address: 600 Eglinton Avenue East
Type of Building: Corporate Headquarters
Name of Building: IBM Canada Ltd.Headquarters

Dates
Building completed 1965

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1978 May 13 15 5

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Address: 19 Greenbelt Drive
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Ortho Pharmaceutical Plant

Dates
Building completed 1955

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1989 May 43-46 34 5
Canadian Architect 1980 Nov. 19 25 11
Canadian Architect 2000 Jan. 22 45 1
Canadian Art 1960 Nov. 347-8 17
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1958 Dec. 451 35 12
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1955 Oct. 379? 32 10
Journal of the Society for the Study 1999 Spring 16-23 24 1
New Buildings in the Commonwealth 1961 n/a 81
Toronto Modern: Architecture 1945-1965... 1987 n/a 58-59

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Address: 55 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Towers
Name of Building: Toronto Dominion Centre
Notes: "The original site plan and buildings for the Toronto-Dominion Centre were executed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, design consultant, with John B. Parkin Associates and Bregman and Hamann, Associate Architects; included were two towers and a banking pavilion, designed and completed during 1963-1969. The third and fourth towers, designed by Bregman and Hamann, were completed in 1974 and 1985 respectively. The fifth tower [no.222 Bay Street], straddling the [1937] stock exchange building [no.234 Bay Street], was designed by Bregman and Hamann / Scott Associates Inc. and opened in 1992, two years before the opening of the Design Exhange". -- SEE: "Designing the Exchange : essays commemorating the opening of the Design Exchange". Toronto : Design Exchange, 1994.

Dates
Foundation started April 1964
Officially opened May 14 1968

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AI : Architecture and Ideas 2000 Sum/Fal 6-13 2 2
Architectural Forum 1964 June 35 120
Architectural Record 1971 March 105 149 3
Artless word : Mies van der Rohe... 1991 n/a 233
Artscanada 1970 Feb. 14 47 15th
Artscanada 1969 June 8 46
Artscanada 1966 Nov. 21 43
Artscanada 1969 Jan. 16 46
Border Crossings 1999 Jan. 26-36 18 1
Building 2002 Apr/May 15-17 52 2
Canadian Aniques Collector 2002 Jan. 9 47 1
Canadian Architect 1969 Nov. 40-41 14
Canadian Architect 2000 Jan. 30 45 1
Canadian Architect 1998 June 12-13 43 6
Canadian Architect 1966 Dec. 129
Canadian Architect 1967 Dec. 43-44
Canadian Architect 1970 Apr. 89 15
Canadian Architect 1964 Dec. 66
Canadian Architect 1968 Dec. 88
Canadian Architect 1966 Sept. 27 11
Canadian Architect 1970 March 70 15
Canadian Architect 1966 June 68 11
Canadian Architect 1967 Oct. 8 12
Canadian Architect 1969 June 35 14
Canadian Architect 1967 July 28 12
Canadian Architect 1965 Oct. 30 10
Canadian Architect 1964 May 5-6 9
Canadian Architect 1964 May 5-6
Canadian Architect 1968 Dec. 26-27
Canadian Architect 1968 Dec. 26-27
Canadian Architect 1968 Dec. 26-27
Canadian Architect 1968 Sept. 65 13
Canadian Architect 1968 July 8 13
Canadian Architect 1967 Nov. 31-45 12
Canadian Architect 1965 Dec. 25 10
Canadian Architect 1968 June 32 13
Canadian Architect 1967 Nov. 10 12
Canadian Architect 1965 Nov. 6 10
Canadian Architect 1969 Aug. 31 14
Canadian Art 1984 Fall 84,88 1 1
Canadian Interiors 1986 May 44-47 5 3
Canadian Interiors 1968 March 62 5
Canadian Interiors 1968 Apr. 68 5
Canadian Interiors 1970 May 10 7
Canadian Interiors 1968 Sept. 42-3 5
Canadian Interiors 2001 Nov/Dec 10,12 38 6
Canadian Interiors 1968 March 32-44 5
Canadian Interiors 1968 Sept. 48-9 5
Canadian Interiors 1968 Sept. 44-5 5
Canadian Interiors 1968 Sept. 46-7 5
Canadian Interiors 1968 Sept. 70-71 5
Canadian Interiors 1974 June 29, 3 11 6
Canadian Interiors 1981 March 43-45 18 3
Canadian Interiors 1969 Jan. 15-17 6
Canadian Interiors 1978 Sept. 24-25 15 9
Globe & Mail 1998 April C21 Sat. 25th
Globe & Mail 1994 Sept. C1,C6 Sat. 24th
Globe & Mail 1976 Aug. 7 Mon. 9th
Globe & Mail 1966 April ? 15th
Globe & Mail 1986 Aug. ? 8th
Globe & Mail 2001 July R3 Wed. 18th
Globe & Mail 1962 Nov. 6th
Globe & Mail 1992 May ? Tues 13th
Globe & Mail 1991 Nov. C1 6th
Globe & Mail 2001 oct. A18 Tues 2nd
Globe & Mail 1992 Oct. D8 1st
Heritage 2001 Sum. 10-13 4 3
International Contract 1993 March 23-25
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 125
Mies van der Rohe : a critical biography 1985 n/a 296+
Money Matters 1990 n/a 231ff
National Post 2001 Oct. A13 Wed. 17th
Report on Business Magazine 2002 Feb. 22-23
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a 90
Rotunda 1992 Spring 47-49 24 4
Saturday Night 2001 June 47+ 16th
Toronto : le nouveau Monde 1987 n/a 14-15
Toronto Dominion Centre 1978 n/a
Toronto Life 1996 Nov. 116- 30 16
Toronto Modern: Architecture 1945-1965... 1987 n/a 72-77
Toronto Star 1967 Feb. 25,30 4th
Toronto Star 1999 May B1 5th
Toronto Star 2001 Sept. B5 Sat. 4th
Toronto Star 1977 April A1 28th
Toronto Star 1965 July ? 27th
Toronto Star 2001 Oct. B1 Mon. 15th
Toronto Star 1986 Feb. ? 15th
Toronto Star 1971 Sept. ? 14th

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Address: 150 King Street West
Intersection: University Avenue
Type of Building: Corporate Headquarters
Name of Building: Sun Life Centre
Notes: Part of the twin towers owned by the Sun Life Assurance Company. The other tower is at no. 200 King Street West.

Dates
Foundation started c1981
Building completed 1983-1984

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1981 Oct. 6 26 10
Canadian Architect 1982 Aperil 25 27 4
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1958 Nov. 428-9 35 11
Toronto Star 1981 July A14 Sun. 19th
Toronto Sun 1978 Aug ? 18th

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Address: 200 King Street West
Intersection: University Avenue
Type of Building: Corporate Headquarters
Name of Building: Sun Life Centre
Notes: Part of the twin towers owned by the Sun Life assurance Company of Canada, which were constructed at the same time. See the address of the other tower at 150 King St. West. For information about the public sculpture by Sorel Etrog entitled "Sun Life", see "0" King Street West, or search under "Name of Building"



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Address: 885 Lawrence Avenue East
Type of Building: Banks
Name of Building: Bank of Nova Scotia
Notes: Planned colaboratively with the Bank of Montreal at 887 Lawrence Avenue East (1957, John B. Parkin Associates).

Dates
Building completed 1957

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1958 Dec. 480 35 12
Money Matters 1990 n/a 230-
New Buildings in the Commonwealth 1961 n/a 80

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Address: 887 Lawrence Avenue East
Type of Building: Banks
Name of Building: Bank of Montreal

Dates
Building completed 1957

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1959 Dec. 480 35 12
Money Matters 1990 n/a 230-

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Address: 3 Old George Place
Type of Building: Houses

Dates
Building completed 1959-1960

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Twelve modern houses, 1945-1985 1995 n/a 28ff

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Address: 50 Park Road
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Ontario Assn. of Architects HQ

Dates
Officially opened 1954

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1989 May 43-46 34 5
Canadian Interiors 1978 May 12 15 5
Journal / Art Gallery of Ontario 1955 Dec. 461 32 12
New Buildings in the Commonwealth 1961 n/a 78
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1997 Winter 12 5 4
Trace 1981 Jul/Aug 52 1 3

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Address: 100 Queen Street West
Type of Building: City Halls
Name of Building: City Hall


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architectural Forum 1965 Nov. 15-23
Building 1998 May/Jun 16-20 48 2
Canadian Architect 1980 Nov. 27 25 11
Canadian Architect 2000 Jan. 27 45 1
Canadian Architect 1965 Oct. 44-68
Canadian Architect 1998 March 11 43 3
Canadian Architect 1964 Dec. 49-56
Canadian Architect 1994 March 42-43
Canadian Copper = Cuivre Canadien 1988 n/a 14 115
Globe & Mail 1997 Sept. A? Thur 25th
Globe & Mail 1998 June A10 3rd
Globe & Mail 1998 Jan. A10 28th
Heritage 2001 Sum. 10-13 4 3
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1959 Dec 418-9 36 12
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1958 Oct. 359+ 35 10
L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui 1962 Feb. 54-59
Progressive Architecture 1965 Nov. 138-4
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a 88
Toronto : le nouveau Monde 1987 n/a 10-11
Toronto Life 2000 Jan. 78+
Toronto Modern: Architecture 1945-1965... 1987 n/a 78-
Toronto Star 1965 Nov. Suppl 6th
Toronto Star 2002 Jan. B2 7th
Toronto Star 1997 June A7 Mon. 2nd
Toronto Star 1998 Feb. E4 Tues 10th
Toronto Star 1999 May B3 26th
Toronto Star 1997 Sept. B4 24th
Toronto Star 1997 July A1 Wed. 16th

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Address: 100 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Squares
Name of Building: Nathan Philips Square
Notes: SEE ALSO: City Hall at no.100 Queen Street West

Dates
Building completed 1965

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Metropolitan Mutations 1989 n/a 183
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 68-69
Toronto Star 2001 Jan. B1,B5 Wed. 10th
Toronto Star 2001 Jan. A2 Fri. 19th
Toronto Star 1998 Oct. K3 Sat. 3rd

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Address: 20 Salvation Square
Intersection: Albert Street
Type of Building: Corporate Headquarters
Name of Building: Salvation Army Building

Dates
Building completed 1956
Demolished 1997-1998

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture and Design 1956 June ? 20
Globe & Mail 1995 Nov. C3 Wed. 15th
Globe & Mail 1997 Dec C19 Sat. 27th
Heritage 2001 Sum. 10-13 4 3
John B. Parkin Associates : architects engineers 1950 n/a ?
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1957 May 173-7 34 5
Journal of the Society for the Study 1999 Spring 16-23 24 1
Toronto Life 1998 Feb. 114

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Address: 354 St. Clair Avenue West
Type of Building: Parsonages
Name of Building: Holy Rosary Parish Hall


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1961 Nov. 41 6

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Address: 160 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Department Stores
Name of Building: Simpson's Department Store
Notes: Now called the Bay (Hudson's Bay Company). Occupies the entire block on Yonge Street between Queen Street West and Richmond Street West. Street numbers no. 160-184 Yonge Street. BUILDING HISTORY: Built by Edmund Burke, 1894. Rebuilt after fire by Burke & Horwood, 1895-96; addition by Burke, Horwood & White in 1907; addition by Horwood & White in 1923; restored and entrance remodelled in 1977. Richmond St. W & Bay St. addition (store + office building) by Chapman & Oxley, 1928. Simpson's Tower, 401 Bay Street (office building) by John B. Parkin Associates with Bregman + Hamann, 1968-1971. (Patrica McHugh)

Dates
Building completed 1894
Altered 1907; 1928

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1990 June 45 15 2
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1996 March ? 16 1
Globe & Mail 1909 Nov. ? 6th
Journal of the Society for the Study 1998 n/a 135 23 4
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1987 Dec. 48
Places worth visiting in and around Toronto 192? n/a all
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 115+
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 72-73